Maduro’s Narrow Win Likely Results from People’s Improved Living Standards in Chávez Era, says CEPR Co-Director

by Gary Kopycinski on April 15, 2013

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U.S. Should Recognize Results, as Rest of Hemisphere Will

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Obama administration should recognize the presidential election results in Venezuela, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Co-Director Mark Weisbrot said today. Venezuela’s electoral authority, the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) reported early results showing that Nicolas Maduro had won by a margin of 1.6 percentage points over Henrique Capriles (50.7 to 49.1 percent), or about 275,000 votes.